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Ultimate SUMMER 2021 northwest
Ultimate Northwest 2021
For 24 days, wander through an untamed and diverse
landscape that simply embodies adventure. Hike with
waves crashing on one side and soaring cliffs on the other
in Olympic National Park. Rock climb and mountain
bike near Bend, Oregon—one of the world’s premier
destinations for both sports! Take a hike through the Goat
Current
Rocks Wilderness, an untouched land formed by extinct grades
volcanoes. Learn how to whitewater kayak on the Klickitat 10 -11
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River before heading to Mt. St. Helens to attempt a summit
on this famous volcano. Finish your adventure on the Length
White Salmon River, one of the world’s best raft rides. 24 DAYS
Through AT, I know how to be myself and enjoy
every moment of my life. I’ve also learned how
Activities to be a leader and how to communicate better
in a group. At AT, you can be 100% yourself and
Backpacking Mountain biking Mountaineering make memories with the most incredible people
while learning new things and being completely
Rock climbing Whitewater kayaking Whitewater rafting surrounded by the beautiful outdoors. I loved
AT this summer, and I’d give anything to have
stayed with my group for longer!” Zoey, student
from Apex, NC
Ultimate Northwest 2021
ITINERARY
Day 1 Day 2 DAYS 3–6 DAY 7
ARRIVAL day hike BACKPACK IN OLYMPIC LOGISTICS AND TRAVEL
Fly or drive into Portland Students will split up NATIONAL PARK Laundry day! Students and
International Airport (PDX) and into smaller groups With miles and miles of coast, Olympic instructors will work together
meet your group and instructors! to hike different trails National Park contains one of the to get laundry done, refresh
Once all students and their luggage around Pyramid Lake in country’s most beautiful and wild beach our food supply, and do a
have arrived, we’ll drive up to Olympic National Park. hikes. For four days, you’ll see bald thorough van clean-up. Then
Olympic National Forest, where Everyone will hike to eagles, otters, sea lions, and seals while we’ll head to Bend for biking
we’ll have our delicious “Yahoo!” a stunning alpine lake, walking with crashing waves on one and climbing.
dinner (chicken, steak, veggie where we’ll eat lunch side and sheer cliffs on the other. Camp
burgers, cheesy mashed potatoes, and get to swim! on secluded beaches, surrounded only
and fruit salad) and spend our first by your best new friends, impressive sea
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night playing games and getting to stacks, and starry skies.
know each other.
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DAYS 8–9 DAYS 10–11 DAYS 12–15
MOUNTAIN BIKE AT PHIL’S ROCK CLIMB AT SMITH ROCK WHITEWATER Kayak THE KLICKITAT RIVER
TRAIL COMPLEX STATE PARK After another day of logistics, we’ll head to the
Strap on your helmet for some You’ll quickly realize why Smith Klickitat River for whitewater rafting instruction.
of the country’s best singletrack Rock attracts climbers from all over You’ll pick up a paddle for three days of kayaking
trails for two days. Learn a few tips the world. For two days, test your on this scenic tributary of the Columbia River,
and tricks of mountain biking in grit on the welded volcanic tuff that practicing basic paddling strokes and safety
a grassy field beneath the 9,068- comprises the impressive spires in techniques on flat water before progressing to class
foot Mt. Bachelor. Then choose the park. We’ll set up ropes for every I and II rapids on the river. On day three, practice
your challenge as your group ability—progress as you feel ready! your strokes on mellower runs, or move on to roll
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winds through pine forests before You’ll be surprised at how quickly clinics and run fun class III waves!
descending breathlessly downhill. you move up through the grades.
There are options for every level!
Ultimate Northwest 2021 DAYS 16–20 DAYS 21–22 DAY 23 DAY 24 BACKPACK THE GOAT ROCKS CLIMB MT. ST. HELENS WHITEWATER RAFT THE DEPARTURE WILDERNESS The most famous stratovolcano WHITE SALMON RIVER We promise you this: You Named for the mountain goats you’ll likely in the United States beckons to In 2013, the New York Times rated won’t want to leave! But it’ll spot as you wind through this spectacular student hikers all of levels. Students the White Salmon as one of the be time for our adventure rugged alpine terrain for five days! Vibrant will stand on the edge of the ever- world’s top places to visit. Lined to come to an end. Relive wildflowers fill the valleys, while snow- growing crater and its surrounding by cliffs carved from ancient lava every memory the night capped volcanoes rise in all directions. Hike glacier, literally watching geology flows and fed by snowmelt from before with a celebratory above tree line, where views may extend as in the making. Rewards for this Mt. Adams, most of our students dinner, and exchange many as 100 miles away! This is one of the challenging hike also include agree that this is the best rafting contact info with all of your most extraordinarily beautiful areas we’ve 360-degree views of Mt. Rainier, in the Pacific Northwest. Get new best friends so you can ever visited; you and your friends will make Mt. Adams, and Mt. Hood. ready for the ride of your life! stay in touch. memories to last the rest of your life.
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TRAVEL INFO
Arrive and depart
from Portland, OR
This was our family’s
eighth summer with
Camp Pinnacle and
Adventure Treks. We
have always been thrilled
PDX
with the experiences.
As to participating
during COVID-19, we
appreciate the judicious
approach taken to Transportation to and from the adventure is the responsibility
*Please do not book guarantee a safe and
flights until your of the family. Our instructors will be eagerly awaiting each of our students’
wonderful experience.
child has been It was the highlight of arrivals at Portland International Airport. We try our best to meet every
officially accepted
2020, by far. AT will
and enrolled on the student as they walk off the plane, but in the rare event we are unable
challenge, expand the
Ultimate Northwest
comfort zone of, and to, we will call and text your child to guide them to a meeting place. Students
trip. However, if
you’d like to look enrich your child in call home as soon as they meet with our instructors and gather their baggage.
up flight options, more ways than you can
all students need imagine. I believe that
to arrive to PDX AT prepares a student
between 8 a.m. and
1 p.m. the first day of
for the complexities of
personally navigating
Weather info
the trip, and depart college better than While we generally enjoy warm temperatures and sunny skies in the Pacific
PDX between 6 a.m. anything else they can Northwest, weather can change quickly. We’ll likely see highs in the lower 80s
and 1 p.m. the last experience.” David Paul, and lows in the upper 50s, though it may be warmer or chillier than that. It
day of the trip. parent from Wynnewood, typically rains very little in the Pacific Northwest in the summer. However, one
PA ill-prepared person can negatively affect the safety and fun of the whole group,
so please come prepared.
Ultimate Northwest 2021
Logistics DATES
6/24/21 – 7/17/21
7/15/21 – 8/7/21
PRICE
$5,595
Included in tuition:
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ll food and lodging
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ll group and technical
equipment (tent, sleeping bag,
sleeping pad, backpacking
pack, mess kit, etc.)
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uided activities
Not Included in tuition:
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rip insurance
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irfare to and from
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ersonal clothing and items
For McCallum, her 2019 AT experience was really transformative. Even with the change in venue for 2020 due to
COVID, we wanted her to experience the sense of adventure, camaraderie, and shared experience that comes with
time at Adventure Treks. She felt a strong bond with her 2020 group after just a few days. She felt welcomed and
supported, and has already been in touch with several of the girls who were on this AT trip with her.” David Keats,
parent from Durham, NC
Ultimate Northwest 2021
Ready to sign up?
There are three ways:
» Apply online at adventuretreks.com/enroll
» Call us at 888-954-5555
» Or email Amanda Fox-McGlashan, our marketing director,
at amanda@adventuretreks.com
PO Box 1321
Flat Rock, NC 28731
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